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Like most people, you probably find it difficult to stick to your New Year’s Resolutions.
But this year will be different if you follow my advice.
In my previous blog, I wrote about identifying your specific goals and setting a game plan of daily habits that lead up to your goals for the new year.
But the best-laid plans can still go by the wayside, especially if you don’t have a big enough reason for wanting to make a change in the first place.
To stay on course toward your goals, you need to write them down along with your reason why and post your daily action steps where you can see them every day. Usually 20 consecutive days is sufficient enough to form a new habit.
So buy some sticky notes and post your daily habit-forming activities on your bathroom mirror, on your fridge and on your car’s rearview mirror until your new habits become second nature.
Also, choose an accountability partner and give that person your goals and game plan to remind you of your goals and push you to stay on track.
I actually have two accountability partners named Nathan and Dustin, who encourage me every couple days. One of them developed a software for me to input my daily progress for further analysis. They also had me make a vision board with pictures from magazines that represent who I want to be, what I want to do and what I want to have. Actually, I’m still working on it.
I don’t know if you want to go so far as to create a vision board or a tracking software. A journal would be sufficient to track your daily progress.
I also would recommend rewarding yourself as you progress toward your goal. Nathan, the president and founder of my work-from-home business, is actually buying me a flat screen TV if I get a fourth of the way toward my goal, and if I reach my entire goal, he’s paying for me to go on a trip to the Bahamas at the end of the year for New Year’s, which is very ironic.
Anyways, remember in order to achieve your New Year’s Resolutions, you need to:
– Make your goals specific
- Identify a big enough reason why you want to achieve your goals
- Devise a game plan of daily habits to lead up to reaching your goal
-Place sticky notes in visible places daily to form habits that work toward your goal
-Write down your daily habits in a journal
-Find 1 or more accountability partners and give that person your game plan to encourage and push you to stay on track
-Reward yourself as you progress toward your goal culminating in a big prize at the end.

Good luck in achieving your New Year’s Resolutions. I would love to compare notes during the middle and the end of the year. If you want to know one of my New Year’s Resolutions, click here. And feel free to email me at teneshia@mytensense.com if you want to share your progress toward making your New Year’s Resolutions come true.

By Teneshia LaFaye
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